Erenarch Academy: Under the Dragon Banner - Dragon Stead, #1

After 300 years, humanity has crept outward from Earth as far as the Sigma Draconis star system, popularly known as Dragon Stead. On the capital planet, Erenarch, young geniuses are groomed for leadership at Erenarch Academy. Professor Rowan Creeve arrives at the exclusive boarding school and begins a long teaching career. Rowan's charges learn about the historical mistakes and triumphs of Dragon Stead's planetary governments and the role Erenarch plays in holding the disparate civilizations together.
They experience comic adventures, trials, and tragedies as they grow to adulthood and leave the nest. Some make the ultimate sacrifice as war spreads, whileothers discover that we are not alone in the galaxy.